Photographers E. Brady Robinson and Kenzie Barnes braved the elements (the unseasonably warm day) to capture the merry festivities
On Sunday, December 5, streets around the Hampden and Medfield neighborhoods shut down to make way for the holiday floats, dance troupes, marching bands, adorable/terrifying enormous balloon characters, various Santas, reindeer, hot Grinches, Krampus, and the Mayor, of course.
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's Baltimore news includes: Omicron is making itself at home for the holidays, Confederate monuments staying in Baltimore, Roland Park gets a park, and more reporting from Baltimore Magazine, The Real News Network, WYPR, and other local and independent news sources.
(Mostly) 2021 Baltimore book highlights
Okay, there are also some 2020 releases included here, but let's give each other some grace...
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Baltimore School of the Arts 2021 Fall Exhibition online, Freedom Bound Exhibit + Virtual Tour at Banneker-Douglass Museum, Small Works | Big Cause at Creative Alliance, Betty Cooke at the Walters, A Fence Around the Torah at the Jewish Museum of Maryland, Chef Yassmeen H. Jackson at the
The Circle and the Line: The Jewelry of Betty Cooke at The Walters Art Museum
There is subtlety, but never repetition in this retrospective of 160 objects. There is revelation in the tiniest nuance.
The Guardians: Reshaping History presented by the Peale at Carroll Mansion
"I take care of myself when I'm taking care of people,” Audrey Carter says. “When I know people are okay, I'm okay.”
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's Baltimore news includes: General Assembly overrides Hogan veto of voting map, mysterious Department of Health cyber attack, the market for Confederate statues and more reporting from Baltimore Brew, Maryland Matters, Slate, and other local and independent news sources.
Indulging Sags' love of exploring new territory
More than a hodge-podge of history gained while gallivanting around Portugal, the book is a love song to the growers and keepers of the age-old tradition of winemaking.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Christopher Bathgate Collect + Connect Zoom Talk, A.WAKE / EULOGY featuring Jordan Tierney, David Page, and Rev J' Exodus Hooper at Area 405, Marin Alsop documentary screening at SNF Parkway, UNDER $500 at MAP, MFA Exhibition at Hamilton Gallery, and more.
The last shows at Area 405 pay tribute to the nearly 20 years of work that went into the artist-run venue and studio building
The final part, the “Eulogy,” takes place this Thursday, December 16.
Trends and Sightings at The Big Fair Miami Beach
While it’s exciting to see works of art by well known favorites at Art Basel, it's a treat to discover new artists and galleries and this year’s big fair provided a slew of new names and programs to follow.
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's Baltimore news includes: Drug paraphernalia decriminalization denied, the world unprepared for future pandemic, generational wealth woes, and more reporting from Technical.ly Baltimore, The Trace, Baltimore Magazine, and other local and independent news sources.
Dispatches from Untitled Art Fair and NADA at Miami Art Week 2021
The term horror vacui, or “fear of the vacuum,” remained stuck in my head… could this new maximalism be a reflection of the claustrophobia of lockdown life and fear of loss?
At the Katzen Arts Center, Robles-Gordon's exhibition conveys a first-person account of the intimacies of movement
In Robles-Gordon’s hands, mistaking the map means we must contend with the entanglements of colonialism and empire—and the spiritual resonance of it all—in the wake of violence.
Photo Essay Documenting a Miami Art Fair Performance courtesy of de boer
Monsieur Zohore’s performance, entitled Rush, casts a critical lens on the lineage of ‘bro culture’ linking lascivious behavior to so-called heteronormative practices often tied to fraternal Greek stereotypes.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
The Guardians at The Peale, Rapid Lemon Productions' at Motor House, BMA hosts Monica Ikegwu and Tawny Chatmon in conversation with Myrtis Bedolla, MAP's UNDER $500, Current Space Art Market, Station North Holiday Market, Chris Bathgate at Connect+Collect, A Wake at Area 405
The legendary Baltimore punk band talks about its brief comeback, art and commercialism, and critical visceral performance
Around the end of August, Double Dagger announced their two-date shows at Ottobar and Current Space as a “once in a decade” event that would only be held in Baltimore in mid-October.
Featuring 30+ of our favorite Baltimore makers and stores
For all those you love (and for yourself) shop local this season from Baltimore-based stores and creators including books, music, coffee, self care, food, and more.
